SAT Questions

English is not my first language ,but unluckily i have to take the SAT in May , this will be my second time to take it ,and probably my last chance,cuz i have to go back to my country pretty soon ,the first one is terrible (with the reading 250 ,writing 380,and math 700) ,but i need a high score (above 2000) for a good university .

i know i only have one month left but i want my family and myself happy about my SAT ,and i will try my best ,SO do you think a SAT Prep Course is necessary for me or you have some other good idea ,please help me ,since this this very important to me .

because of the time schedule and my position ,now the only one avilable is Sylvan ,about 5, 20 hours .who know about this learning center ,will it help me about my english in SAT in only one month
i can afford 5 , but it is still not a small number of money to me .
what i am concerned is that class ,will it help me .and my biggest problem is the vocab ,but that class didnt seem have too much about vocab .
that class is mostly for the local americans which dont have to much vocab problem
vocab in one month

please give me your advice/experiences about this course. this summer i’m planning to take an SAT course, it’ll be my last chance to raise my scores since it’s i’m going to be a senior next year. so please please help me so i can pick the right prep class! thank you

Well, I now have another SAT study issue at hand and that is organization. For the past couple of days, I’ve been trying my best to study for the SAT efficiently, but I always fail at this because I’m just not organized! I have about five SAT Prep books (CB’s blue book, Boot Camp for Your Brain, Barrons How to Prepare for the New SAT 2007, Kaplan SAT Comprehensive Program 2007, and Acing the NEW SAT I Math), tons of practice tests (QaS’s, CB practice tests, and other tests from the books mentioned above), three – four SAT Prep websites (number2.com, smartdoodle.com, ePrep for the SAT, and SATMathPro.com – though I think I will only stick to all except smartdoodle), and tons of vocabulary resources to check out (should I memorize SparkNotes words, BCFYB words, Barron’s words, ePrep’s words…which ones??!) + a lot of practice questions. I have SO many materials to use, that I don’t know how to cover them all..and it’s driving me crazy! I don’t want to get a little bit of this and a little bit of that because in the end, I will end up covering only a little information. I only have 29 days left until I attempt my second and last chance to improve my SAT score..there is NO way I can move my date to December (I already did that when I was originally going to take it in October), because I still need to take the SAT IIs before January. Please help me – I really want to study efficiently in these coming weeks, and I know I can improve my score significantly if I dilligently keep up with that. Many people have improved their scores immensely by studying for only a month and I know I can do the same!

For some of the books I have (such as Kaplans, Boot Camp, etc.), I’ve marked the only areas that might have important info and/or practice questions. I’ve skipped all the intro stuff that I already know from before, so, in some way, the work in some SAT Prep books is cut down for me. This month I want to focus more on practice and less on strategies and concepts. Practice makes perfect, so yes, this is what I want to do. The problem is though, I don’t want to ditch any prep books because they might have important information that could be useful and I don’t want to miss that.

I don’t want to make this post super long, so I’m just going to list information on the time and work availability I have to study for the SAT throughout an entire week. Maybe this will aid someone who is willing to help me out.

I’m a homeschooled student, so I don’t need to worry about going to school and having tons of homework when I come home. My schedule is something like this:

Monday – Saturday: 6:00 am to 4:00 pm (sometimes 5:00 pm) – this is the amount of time I give myself each day to study for the SAT. Then from 4 or 5:00 pm to about 10:00 -10:30 pm I work on my schoolwork. This schedule isn’t followed on Sunday though – I try to study for the SAT for the entire day if possible. I will also probably ditch my schoolwork for the last two weeks of October and focus more on the SAT (I know it’s such a silly idea, but I guess I need the time.)

I got a 1550 (460CR/510M/580W) on my first try on the SAT, and I’m aiming for a 2000 if not a 2100+ this time around. I know I could do this, since Math and Writing are the easiest to improve on the SAT, but I’ll try my best with Critical Reading. Like everyone says, "It’s easy to move from a 1500 to a 1900 or 2000, but it’s not so easy to move from a 2100 to a 2300". So I’m sure I could reach my goal if I put forth some effort into it.

I hope no one starts lecturing me by saying that I had so much time in the summer to study for this..yes, I know I did, but for some reason, it was hard for me to get back to studying. After prepping for about 4 months nonstop for my first SAT, I felt tired and my motivation level was down the drain. I don’t know why..I just couldn’t study. I studied on and off here and there during the summer though, but it wasn’t an amount that could significantly impact my score (although it did help in some cases such as vocab and Math). So please..I would appreciate if you guys could help me more than you could scold me. D:

Well, that’s that. I guess I’ve said enough. I know I’ve been a terrible nuisance already, so out of the goodness in your heart, I hope that you could help me out of this dilemma.

I’d really appreciate it.